United Nations, Sep 11 (IANS) The security operation targeting Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar “seems a textbook example of ethnic cleansing”, the UN human rights chief Zeid Raad Al Hussein has said, urging the country to…
Kanyakumari (Tamil Nadu), Sep 11 (IANS) Nobel laureate Kailash Satyarthi on Monday launched an 11,000-km march from here to New Delhi against child trafficking and sexual abuse and urged the youth to participate to ensure…
Kathmandu, Sep 11 (IANS) Over 80 female entrepreneurs from more than a dozen countries have gathered in Nepal to participate in the first Across Barriers-International Business Women’s Summit that kicked off on Monday. The event,…
Mumbai, Sep 11 (IANS) The trustees of the Ryan International Schools on Monday filed an application in the Bombay High Court seeking anticipatory transit bail to move an appropriate court in Haryana in a seven-year-old’s…
New Delhi, Sep 11 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Monday directed Jaypee Associates to deposit Rs 2000 crore with its registrar in pursuance of the ongoing insolvency proceedings against its sister concern Jaypee Infratech. A…
New Delhi, Sep 11 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Monday issued notice to the Centre, CBI and Haryana government on a plea by the father of a seven-year old studnet of Ryan International School in…
Sydney, Sep 11 (IANS) Australia’s Green Party on Monday said it has asked Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull to take in 20,000 Rohingya refugees and earmark some $120 million for the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR). “Senator…
New Delhi, Sep 11 (IANS) Denying he held undisclosed assets abroad, former Finance Minister P. Chidambaram’s son Karti Chidambaram on Monday told the Supreme Court that the Centre should disclose any overseas assets held by…
New Delhi, Sep 11 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Monday will hear a plea by the father of a murdered Ryan International School student seeking a CBI probe into the incident. A bench of Chief…
Gurugram, Sep 11 (IANS) A police officer was suspended on Monday for using force against journalists covering a protest outside the Ryan International School here over the murder of a seven-year-old student, authorities said. “Inspector…
Gurugram, Sep 11 (IANS) Two senior Ryan International School officials were arrested in connection with the brutal murder of a seven-year-old student, police said on Monday. “Francis Thomas, the school’s northern India head and Jeyus…
Beijing, Sep 11 (IANS) Chinese President Xi Jinping on Monday said Beijing attaches great importance to comprehensively advancing the rule of law and was willing to have more judicial cooperation with other countries. Xi said…
By Gurmukh Singh Toronto, Sep 11 (IANS) Pakistani-Norwegian actor-director Iram Haq’s much talked-about film “What People Will Say” wowed audience at its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival. This emotionally gripping family drama…
New Delhi, Sep 11 (IANS) Police have booked a Medical Superintendent of Babu Jagjivan Ram Memorial Hospital for allegedly sexually harassing a woman Chief Medical Officer (CMO) here on Sunday. Medical Superintendent Surinder Pal was…
Astana, Sep 10 (IANS) Pakistan President Mamnoon Hussain and his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Sunday discussed the issue of Rohingya Muslims being persecuted in Myanmar. The two leaders met on the sidelines of…
Sirsa/Chandigarh, Sep 10 (IANS) Authorities in Haryana conducted searches at the Dera Sacha Sauda headquarters near Sirsa town in the state for the third consecutive day on Sunday, with the whole operation finally ending in…
Dhaka, Sep 10 (IANS) Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will on Tuesday visit camps for Rohingya refugees in the southeastern part of the country, an official said even as the government allotted 2,000 acres of…
Panaji, Sep 10 (IANS) Four Fabindia staff have been chargesheeted in a court of law here in connection with a 2015 case of snooping after Union Minister Smriti Irani made a complaint against it, a…
Sydney, Sep 10 (IANS) Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull on Sunday said a “yes” vote in the upcoming same-sex marriage poll was a question of “fairness”, the media reported. Addressing the “New South Wales Liberals…
Sirsa/Chandigarh, Sep 10 (IANS) Local authorities and security forces continued their search operation at the Dera Sacha Sauda headquarters near Haryana’s Sirsa town for the third day on Sunday. Curfew continued in the villages around…